RiOh, My Coll(for the autistic asks, thanks for playing even if you sort of know the answers to this <3)
1. What are some of your autistic headcanons? Optional: Explain why.
All of the main SHIELD cast, with the exception of W*rd, are autistic, though I don’t think a lot of them know it. Jemma and Fitz are a really telling example of how autistic girls vs. autistic boys are socialized and dealt with. Daisy is autistic and probably didn’t know it for a long time (another Autistic Girl Trait). Bobbi is autistic and really good at masking (another Autistic Girl Trait, js). Coulson is totally autistic. Melinda? I’d believe it, though I haven’t taken the time to really pull receipts. Mack and Elena? Likewise. And some of the supporting cast too, notably Raina (who was so autistic), lil Robin, and honestly it would not actually surprise me if Ruby was.
As for the Defenders, I will go to bat for most of them (except D*nny) but feel the strongest about Matt (there’s a great post about this somewhere that I am into), Karen (her stimmy hands alone would have pinged me but also a lot of her thought/behavior patterns), Hope Shlottman (lil awkward bb with her special interest and social naivete), Misty (that thing she does when she examines crime scenes set me off immediately), and Colleen (again with the stims, plus also her entire way of thinking and being especially in a social context).
I could see arguments made for most Avengers, honestly. I’ve given the most thought to some of the girls, notably Wanda (this is not at all an idea unique to me), Jane and Sif (for completely different but also very similar reasons), and sweet lil Mantis. Oh, and Laura Kinney.
And oh, the case could be made for any of the Runaways, but Molly pings me the hardest.
Our beloved Bennett Halverson and Topher Brink too.
Sansa, Brienne, Missandei, Shireen, honestly Bran, Arya, Dany, probably Ned, maybe even Jon, who knows anymore.
Oh, Diana Prince, Arthur Curry, Mera, and Barry Allen are all very autistic in unique ways. I’d also entertain discussions of most characters on Flash and Legends.
Rey and Rose from Star Wars, obvs.
Mako Mori, Holtzmann, Luna Lovegood, honestly any of the Wives from Fury Road but especially Dag, both Honey Lemon and Gogo, Elle Woods, Claudia and Myka from Warehouse 13, Elphaba (and her granddaughter in the books too), Christine Daae, most of the Sailor Senshi but especially Ami, Twilight Sparkle the pony (I said it), River and honestly also Kaylee from Firefly, Ruth from GLOW and also possibly Rhonda and Sheila (and I’d be willing to dig more into any of the other girls tbh).
I’ll probably find five more in the next week and tell you about them immediately.
9. As a child, were there any movies that you watched over and over again? What were they, and what did you like about them?
I mean, I tended to watch a lot of things over and over, but I watched Anastasia so many times as a kid. So. Many. It’s just such a pretty film and I loved it a lot. I also had a VHS (two-tape!) copy of The Sound of Music that I watched a Bunch of times. In my tween/early teen years, I also flocked to Josie and the Pussycats, Bring it On, and eventually Rocky Horror.
24. What’s the most obscure or strange special interest that you’ve had?
Glasses. It’s glasses. A lot of people find a lot of my favorite things obscure or strange but they all still have fandoms or whatever. Glasses are just something I sold part-time for a few years and internalized everything about and now if anyone in a ten-foot radius is like “I need new glasses” or something I appear at their side like Janet on The Good Place and start informing them about frame shapes, lens styles, and different options for different prescriptions. With pleasure.
